Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Zambonis*	Haunted Hockey Rink	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:09
Ellen McIlwaine	We The People	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:23
Ellen McIlwaine	Farther Along	We the People	03:45
Zambonis*	Mind Like a Playgroup	To Bleed Black and Gold	03:36
Oscar* McLollie	Help Me Make It Through the Night	ST	03:28
Ellen McIlwaine	Cure My Blues	Everybody Needs It	04:14
David Amram	The Mountain Song	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:15
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Oscar* McLollie	Buried Alive	ST	04:12
Matt* Lucas	Tomcat Blues	Matt Gets Blue	02:39
Buddy Knox	Don't Make Me Cry	ST	02:20
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Livin' the Blues	Shirley Lewis Show Band	08:45
Cal* Bostic	That's All	Introducing...	02:31
Mike* Ferro	Bridges	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	04:51
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:54
Happy Dolls	Drum Solo	Show Album No. 1	05:14
Alpha Centauri	Hard Life	ST	06:00
Priscilla* Rollins	Tell Him that You Love Him	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Priscilla* Rollins	Why Can't I touch You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:50
Buddy Knox	Rock House	ST	01:53
Ellen McIlwaine	Danger Zone	Everybody Needs It	04:18
Ellen McIlwaine	Nothing Left to be Desired	Everybody Needs It	03:17
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Handzya	Ukrainian Pops	02:20
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	You're Getting Better	Love Serenade	02:30
Jonathan Edwards	Girl from the Canyon	Sailboat	02:37
Priscilla* Rollins	Letter to Mommy & Daddy	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:39
David Amram	Little Momma	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:04
Jack Holland	You Don't Have to Love Me	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:13
Ellen McIlwaine	Come Sit Down and Tell Me	Everybody Needs It	02:44
Ellen McIlwaine	Mossy Dream	Fear Itself	02:49
Ellen McIlwaine	Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love)	We the People	04:26
Albert Jones*	Thank Goodness	The Facts of Life	02:24
Cal* Bostic	Let It Be Me	Introducing...	02:44
Ellen McIlwaine	Weird of Hermiston	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	05:06
David Amram	Greasy Spoon	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:25
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Halya Несе Галя Воду	Ukrainian Pops	01:56
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	(There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World	Love Serenade	03:02
Buddy Knox	I Ain't Sharin' Sharon	ST (mono)	02:01
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	It Only Takes a Moment	And I Love Her	02:08
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Lady's Dream	And I Love Her	01:51
Sidewinders	I Like Your Stuff	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:49
Tony McManus	Donal Og - The Lea Rig	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:03
Ellen McIlwaine	We the People	We the People	03:23
Aarons And Ackley*	Truly	You And I	01:52
Ursa Major*	Back to the Land	ST	06:46
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains	Ukrainian Pops	02:42
Alpha Centauri	You Shot Me Down	ST	05:43
Jonathan Edwards	Sailboat	Sailboat	03:08
Aarons And Ackley*	Lay Me Down	ST	02:47
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	You Belong to Me	You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)	05:00
Ursa Major*	Lay Me Down	ST	04:36
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко	Ukrainian Pops	03:34
Loni Gamble	Dance to it	ST	06:33
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Ellen McIlwaine	Losing You	Honky Tonk Angel	02:22
Albert Jones*	You Just Can't Turn Me Loose	The Facts of Life	02:59
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
Oscar* McLollie	Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie)	ST	03:02
Joe* Glazer	The Farmer is the Man	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:51
Ellen McIlwaine	Wade in the Water	Honky Tonk Angel	04:55
Matt* Lucas	Vibrator Blues	Matt Gets Blue	04:10
Happy Dolls	Pick Up the Pieces	Show Album No. 1	03:59
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Polissian Polka 'Mazury'	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	05:10
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Theme For the Countless	And I Love Her	02:20
Ursa Major*	Silverspoon	ST	06:16
Ellen McIlwaine	I Don't Want to Play	We the People	03:20
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Just a Few Words	I'm a Song	03:10
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Ellen McIlwaine	Wings of a Horse	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:01
Matt* Lucas	The Last Song	Matt Gets Blue	03:25
Priscilla* Rollins	I Know	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Buddy Knox	Hula Love	ST	02:15
Aarons And Ackley*	Bonnie Blue	You And I	02:20
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Take Twenty	Love Serenade	02:10
Yukon*	Genius	Nova Scotia b/w Genius	01:59
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	And I Love Her	And I Love Her	02:22
Buddy Knox	Devil Woman	ST	02:07
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Are You Confused	Love Serenade	03:23
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна	Ukrainian Pops	03:02
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Traditional 'Trojista' Music	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	03:43
Buddy Knox	Hula Love	ST (mono)	02:20
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	I'm Gonna Love You Baby	I'm a Song	02:34
Ellen McIlwaine	Pinebo (My Story)	Honky Tonk Angel	02:41
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Moanin	Shirley Lewis Show Band	05:46
Zambonis*	The Hockey Song	Playoff Fever	02:25
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Can't Eat	Shirley Lewis Show Band	04:18
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Good Time Blues	Shirley Lewis Show Band	03:10
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Kolomayka	Ukrainian Pops	02:45
Ellen McIlwaine	Love and Devotion	Ellen McIlwaine	03:51
Oscar* McLollie	Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie)	ST	06:47
Ellen McIlwaine	Sliding	We the People	02:52
Ellen McIlwaine	Farther Along	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:45
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Cal* Bostic	In Love Again (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:08
David Amram	Deep South Evening Light	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:22
Ellen McIlwaine	All to You	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:05
Ellen McIlwaine	Ode to Billy Joe	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:13
Matt* Lucas	Men's Liberation	Matt Gets Blue	01:54
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Munition Maker	War War War	04:23

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

Ursa Major* - ST

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

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